"The Framers’ fear of corruption, born of their reading of history and their own experience, courses throughout the ...

How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.

Jeanette Strong, a Lahontan Valley News columnist for more than 20 years, died June 11 after an extended illness.

In Washington over the last few years,” he said on June 29, “it’s become increasingly evident that leaders who are willing to ...

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. It was a case that sent one justice into a mental […] ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Discover why the Declaration of Independence remains America's most vital document as we approach the nation's 250th ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a statue of Thomas Jefferson depicting him drafting the Declaration of Independence at a ...

It’s long past time Americans face the truth about the Founding Fathers. A critique that places events being celebrated on ...

Presidential aggrandizement of the war power – the authority to initiate war and lesser military hostilities – which the Framers granted solely and exclusively to Congress because they feared the ...

As knowledge about the Constitution ebbs, so does allegiance to it. And because the Constitution was designed in significant part to keep partisan passions at bay, constitutional drift fuels partisan ...